Influence of the thoracolumbar junction flexibility on the risk of adding-on after posterior vertebral arthrodesis for thoracic idiopathic adolescent scoliosis.

Purpose: The objective was to analyze the role of the thoracolumbar sagittal flexibility on the outcome after posterior spinal fusion of Lenke 1 and 2 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with last touched vertebra as the lowest instrumented vertebra.

Methods: We included 105 thoracic AIS patients who had a posterior spinal fusion with a 2 years minimum follow-up. Thoracolumbar junction flexibility was assessed on dynamic sagittal X-rays and compared to the standing position.

Immediate and midterm results of balloon angioplasty for recurrent aortic coarctation in children aged<1 year.

Background: Several publications have considered results of percutaneous angioplasty for aortic recoarctation, but none focused on procedures performed in children aged<1 year.

Aims: To describe the immediate and midterm results of balloon angioplasty for recoarctation before the age of 1 year, and to define the factors that might influence outcome.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data from 20 consecutive children undergoing percutaneous dilatation for aortic recoarctation before the age of 1 year in the University Hospitals of Tours and Nantes.

Deficit in phonological processes: a characteristic of the neuropsychological profile of children with NF1.

Learning disabilities are one of the most frequent complications of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) in children. Studies of the effects of the neurocognitive deficit on academic performance are relatively rare, owing to the small size of the populations concerned. However, research is needed to develop effective rehabilitation programs.